August 29th, according to Reuters, FTX founder SBF appealed the decision to be sentenced to jail for alleged witness tampering. In a document submitted to the US Federal Second Circuit Court of Appeals late last Friday night, SBF's lawyer stated that SBF was only exercising his First Amendment rights by sharing his former colleague and lover Caroline Ellison's work with New York Times reporters, in order to defend his reputation rather than to intimidate. Prosecutors argued that SBF published these works to harass Ellison and prevent others from testifying.